Ecclesiastes 1:3

Tree of Life Version

What does a person gain in all his labor that he toils under the sun?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Yet when I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended to accomplish it, behold, it all was futile and chasing after the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

I also hated all the fruit of my toil for which I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the one who comes after me.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

Who knows if he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my toil for which I had wisely labored under the sun. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what does a man get for all his toil and longing of his heart for which he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What gain, then, does the laborer get with his toil?

Ecclesiastes 4:3

Yet better than both is one who has not yet been, who has never seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Again I saw something futile under the sun:

Ecclesiastes 5:16

So, all his days he eats in darkness, and he has much grief, sickness, and humiliation.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Additionally, everyone to whom God has given riches and wealth, and empowers him to eat from it, to receive his share, and to rejoice in his labor—this is a gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for one during his life—during the few days of his fleeting life—that pass like a shadow? For who can tell a person what happens after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and even better for those who see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

I also observed this as wisdom under the sun, and it greatly impressed me.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is a misery in everything done under the sun: that the same destiny awaits everyone. Moreover, the hearts of all humans are full of evil, and folly is in their hearts during their lives—after that they die.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their love, their hatred, and their zeal have already perished; never again will they have a share in anything that is done under the sun.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend money for what is not bread? Your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and delight yourself in abundance.

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not from Adonai-Tzva’ot that peoples toil to fuel a fire, and nations exhaust themselves for emptiness?

Habakkuk 2:18

What use is an idol when its craftsman has carved it? Or a metal image—a teacher of lies? For a craftsman has trusted in the image that he created, to make dumb idols.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

John 6:27

Don’t work for food that spoils, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on Him, God the Father has put the seal of approval.”

1 Corinthians 16:16

also to submit to people such as these, and to everyone working together and laboring.